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armstrong versus cancer, we had lance armstrong versus everyone in the tour de france, but lance armstrong versus the truth, that is -- that's one that he really couldn't win in the end, and we lost a lot of faith over the years. this is 15 years old for all of us that have known the truth all along. and we really began to wonder if this day would ever come. >> well, i wondered when you talk about lance armstrong, you also talk about lance armstrong versus himself, and i wonder, he has this reputation, can he build himself back up, or has he threatened and intimidated so many people here that there's really no road to redemption for him? >> well, part of what i think is going to happen on oprah, i don't think that we're going to get a lance armstrong who is -- there's not going to be sobbing. he is going to try to justify much of what he did. i don't know what a partial confession is, but that's -- that's something that we'll just have to see here. but the nice thing about what is happening is that we can -- this is really the beginning in a sense, that now the story can start to accelerat
armstrong versus cancer, we had lance armstrong versus everyone in the tour de france, but lance armstrong versus the truth, that is -- that's one that he really couldn't win in the end, and we lost a lot of faith over the years. this is 15 years old for all of us that have known the truth all along. and we really began to wonder if this day would ever come. >> well, i wondered when you talk about lance armstrong, you also talk about lance armstrong versus himself, and i wonder, he has...
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. >> reporter: lance armstrong was emotional but not tearful. apologetic but not contrite. in an exclusive interview on own, armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey what had long been been suspected. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: he said he started doping in the mid-'90s before he had cancer. the cocktail was the blood buster epo, transfusions and testosterone all banned and denied by him for years until this interview. >> it's too late for probably most people. and that's my fault. you know, i view this situation as one big lie. that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: a lie that over the 90-minute program he made clear was contrary to his real attitude about doping. >> did it feel wrong? >> at the time? >> uh-huh. >> no. >> it did not even feel wrong? >> no. scary. >> did you feel bad about it? >> no. even scarier. >> did you feel in any way that you were cheating? >> no. the scariest. >> reporter: performance-enhancing drugs, he said, were part of the sport like air in the rider's
. >> reporter: lance armstrong was emotional but not tearful. apologetic but not contrite. in an exclusive interview on own, armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey what had long been been suspected. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: he said he started doping in the mid-'90s before he had cancer. the cocktail was the blood buster epo, transfusions and testosterone all banned and denied by...
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for lance armstrong i really doubt it. >> thanks to all of you. we appreciate it. >>> still to come, one american hostage dead in algeria tonight, but some americans have escaped, and one of them talks to cnn. >>> plus, the president has made gun control a priority. but fewer than half of americans of actually approve of what he's doing. the bottom line, is the nra winning the gun debate. >> and the artistic director of the most famous ballet in the world has been attacked with acid. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. excuse me, sir
for lance armstrong i really doubt it. >> thanks to all of you. we appreciate it. >>> still to come, one american hostage dead in algeria tonight, but some americans have escaped, and one of them talks to cnn. >>> plus, the president has made gun control a priority. but fewer than half of americans of actually approve of what he's doing. the bottom line, is the nra winning the gun debate. >> and the artistic director of the most famous ballet in the world has been...
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lance armstrong comes clean. after more than a decade of denials, lies and cheating, seven-time tour de france winner, olympic bronze medalist and cancer survivor lance armstrong told oprah winfrey the truth. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no. was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever use any other banned substances like testosterone, cortisone or human growth hormone? >> yes. >> yes or no, in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> in your opinion, was it humanly possible to win the tour de france without doping? seven times in a row. >> not in my opinion. >> for months, even longer, armstrong has been feeling the effects of the latest and biggest u.s. anti-doping investigation. this one found him guilty of using illicit drugs throughout his cycling career. now his to
lance armstrong comes clean. after more than a decade of denials, lies and cheating, seven-time tour de france winner, olympic bronze medalist and cancer survivor lance armstrong told oprah winfrey the truth. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no. was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >>...
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i've spoken to people close to lance armstrong. they said that's the primary reason for coming forward, is that he wants to be a competitive triathlete. all of those events are controlled by usada. yet, usada has said, if you want to come back in, you need to actually admit that that our 15 years of research into your past, you need to admit that the people who testified under oath that you bullied them, you need to say that's true. he actually, instead of that, he drew a line last night with oprah winfrey and said, no, it's not true. i did not bully people into doing anything they didn't want to do. i may have bullied people who accused me of things, which doesn't make him very sympathetic, but i didn't do anything in terms of facilitating doping in cycling. i think that's what's going to trip him up going forward. >> all right. stick around. we're going to come back a little later in the program and talk to you about the manti te'o hoax. thanks. >>> other news overseas in north africa. we're learning more details about the hostag
i've spoken to people close to lance armstrong. they said that's the primary reason for coming forward, is that he wants to be a competitive triathlete. all of those events are controlled by usada. yet, usada has said, if you want to come back in, you need to actually admit that that our 15 years of research into your past, you need to admit that the people who testified under oath that you bullied them, you need to say that's true. he actually, instead of that, he drew a line last night with...
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and i would say really only lance armstrong knows. one is that powerful, powerful denial can be employed when someone is afraid of being found out, doesn't want to admit to themselves that they've done something terribly, terribly wrong, and so denial can reach almost psychotic proportions where you just convince yourselves that what you're doing is right and in that case, lying. the other possibility is that you're sociopathic, that you don't feel guilt, you are not concerned about those you might be hurting. you feel justified to get what you want and you're really not concerned about the consequence and so manipulatively you will do whatever you need to do. for instance, in this case it would be fame and money. >> and, gail, it's one of those things that people are looking at this and it's not just that he denied it for so long. it was this position that he took of how dare you even question me. he went so much further than denying it. he went on the attack. you said it could be a defense mechanism. is it a coping mechanism. he kne
and i would say really only lance armstrong knows. one is that powerful, powerful denial can be employed when someone is afraid of being found out, doesn't want to admit to themselves that they've done something terribly, terribly wrong, and so denial can reach almost psychotic proportions where you just convince yourselves that what you're doing is right and in that case, lying. the other possibility is that you're sociopathic, that you don't feel guilt, you are not concerned about those you...
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you will hear more of lance armstrong's jaw-dropping interview. first i want to go right to the heart of where it all happened, at least where it started, austin, texas, lance armstrong's hometown, home base. cnn's george howell is there. george, you know, this is not just a story where people across america are in disbelief are, you know, are outraged, are still angry, are considering forgiving him. this must be hell in his hometown. >> reporter: you know, ashleigh, the question here, was it believable, you know, he said all of the right words, but is he truly, sincerely apologetic, you know, for what he did here? and when you talk to people, some ask, you know, does it really make a difference, and some say they are disappointed. there are cyclists who are livid, ashleigh, about what they heard the other night. but i spoke with one person, michael hall, he writes for "texas monthly" he rode with lance and he knows him well enough, and he said when you listen to what lance armstrong had to say, you do have to question whether he really meant it,
you will hear more of lance armstrong's jaw-dropping interview. first i want to go right to the heart of where it all happened, at least where it started, austin, texas, lance armstrong's hometown, home base. cnn's george howell is there. george, you know, this is not just a story where people across america are in disbelief are, you know, are outraged, are still angry, are considering forgiving him. this must be hell in his hometown. >> reporter: you know, ashleigh, the question here,...
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everybody out. >> reporter: and victor, lance armstrong says that he lost all of that endorsement. he doesn't think that he's -- he also thinks that he's lost all future income, which is probably one of the reasons he wants to get back into athletic competition. but he's got a lifetime ban. he's looking and hoping that that can be reduced some way, but it's not exactly clear to what length he will be able to, or is willing to help investigators with the united states anti-doping agency and the world anti-doping agency. victor? >> all right. ed lavendera in austin, texas, for us. thank you for that. >>> and of course, twitter has been on fire all week with the reaction to armstrong's confession. david walsh, the journalist who first raised questions about lance armstrong in 1999, has been tweeting up a storm here. he tweets this, "oprah pressured him. the apology was, i thought, hesitantly promised. i didn't ask for it or expect it, but, yes, if it's offered, i accept." t.j. quinn of espn asks, "this is the emotion many were wanting to see. but here's my question -- do you feel like
everybody out. >> reporter: and victor, lance armstrong says that he lost all of that endorsement. he doesn't think that he's -- he also thinks that he's lost all future income, which is probably one of the reasons he wants to get back into athletic competition. but he's got a lifetime ban. he's looking and hoping that that can be reduced some way, but it's not exactly clear to what length he will be able to, or is willing to help investigators with the united states anti-doping agency...
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from how we look at lance armstrong. yes, the victories were gained in a totally wrong, immoral way and he is bearing the consequences of that now, but it doesn't change the fact that millions of people's lives were changed for the better because of him. i don't think that we should totally forget that. >> he also ruined a lot of people's lives. >> and his reputation. >> i don't care about his reputation. he's ruined people's lives -- >> you don't care about -- >> -- by throwing them under the bus. >> you don't care about it but i think in terms of we're talking about what's fair and what the proper shakeout of all this should be, it's certainly worth noting whether you care about it or not that his life and his reputation will be shattered. >> deservedly. >> deservedly but will be. >> and for young people who are looking at this, you know, they're not looking at doping and using performance enhancing drugs and saying this worked out really great for him. >> i don't know about that. i don't know. i don't know how many pe
from how we look at lance armstrong. yes, the victories were gained in a totally wrong, immoral way and he is bearing the consequences of that now, but it doesn't change the fact that millions of people's lives were changed for the better because of him. i don't think that we should totally forget that. >> he also ruined a lot of people's lives. >> and his reputation. >> i don't care about his reputation. he's ruined people's lives -- >> you don't care about -- >>...
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for years, lance armstrong cheated, lance armstrong lied. but last night in big public fashion he came clean. in a gripping, surreal interview with oprah, he told oprah point blank he doped to win each of his seven consecutive tour de france titles. he systematically died about doping and ruthlessly attacked his accusers. the 90-minute interview began by cutting to the chase. simple yes or no questions. >> let's start with the questions that people around the world have been waiting for you to answer and for now i'd just like a yes or a no. >> okay. >> okay? this whole conversation, we have a lot of time, will be about the details. yes or no? did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performances? >> yes. >> was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever use any other banned substances, like testosterone, cortizone, or human growth hormone? >> yes. >> yes or no. in all seven of your tour de france victories, di
for years, lance armstrong cheated, lance armstrong lied. but last night in big public fashion he came clean. in a gripping, surreal interview with oprah, he told oprah point blank he doped to win each of his seven consecutive tour de france titles. he systematically died about doping and ruthlessly attacked his accusers. the 90-minute interview began by cutting to the chase. simple yes or no questions. >> let's start with the questions that people around the world have been waiting for...
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lance armstrong comes clean. reports say the disgraced cyclist confessed to oprah winfrey that he was doping during a storied career that included a record seven tour de france titles. that interview will air thursday on winfrey's own network. >>> the aurora, colorado, movie theater where people were killed during a midnight massacre in july is set to reopen on thursday. before it does, victims and their families will are be allowed to privately visit the complex today and tomorrow. thursday's reopening is built as a night of remembrance. some 2,000 tickets will be given to victims, first responders, hospital workers, and volunteers. >> and just a month after the school shootings that sparked a nationwide debate over gun control, listen to this, the national rifle soes yeassociati released a new app for smartphones. it's called nra gun range. it went up on sunday. according to the itunes' description it includes 3-d shooti shooting. >>> a 12-year-old boy in southern california has been found responsible for the m
lance armstrong comes clean. reports say the disgraced cyclist confessed to oprah winfrey that he was doping during a storied career that included a record seven tour de france titles. that interview will air thursday on winfrey's own network. >>> the aurora, colorado, movie theater where people were killed during a midnight massacre in july is set to reopen on thursday. before it does, victims and their families will are be allowed to privately visit the complex today and tomorrow....
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what's next for lance armstrong? going to talk with reed abergotti, legal reporter from "the wall street journal" and sports agent drew rosenhouse with us. drew, i'll begin with you if i can. did it work? did what lance armstrong need to do last night, was he effective in doing it? >> we won't know for a while whether or not it works, what his objectives are. for him to get back into the public eye, to become an athlete, personality, or someone who hopes to make money professionally again in the public eye, this was the very beginning, you have to admit you made a mistake. come clean, apologize, and then you can rebuild from there. >> you can do a million interviews with oprah, that won't work for the usada. >> this has no bearing on whether he can go back to competing in triathlons at all. and usada has been very clear about that. and they would look at this interview as kind of a gauge about what he might say to them. i don't think they would be satisfied with a lot of these answers. >> dr. ferrari, the centerpiece
what's next for lance armstrong? going to talk with reed abergotti, legal reporter from "the wall street journal" and sports agent drew rosenhouse with us. drew, i'll begin with you if i can. did it work? did what lance armstrong need to do last night, was he effective in doing it? >> we won't know for a while whether or not it works, what his objectives are. for him to get back into the public eye, to become an athlete, personality, or someone who hopes to make money...
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we begin with breaking news on lance armstrong. after years of lying about using performance-enhancing drugs, after suing some, threatening others and ruining the careers of many who tried to expose his lies, the dethroned seven-time tour de france winner has changed his tune. he calls his whole experience, quote, one big lie, and says all the blame lies with him. he spoke, obviously, with oprah winfrey, taped a 2 1/2-hour interview which began airing tonight on her network own. the encounter began with oprah asking him rapid fire questions. the stakes got higher, the tension rose. take a look. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of those epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? did you ever use any other banned substances like testosterone, cortisone or human growth hormone? >> yes. >> yes or no, in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes.
we begin with breaking news on lance armstrong. after years of lying about using performance-enhancing drugs, after suing some, threatening others and ruining the careers of many who tried to expose his lies, the dethroned seven-time tour de france winner has changed his tune. he calls his whole experience, quote, one big lie, and says all the blame lies with him. he spoke, obviously, with oprah winfrey, taped a 2 1/2-hour interview which began airing tonight on her network own. the encounter...
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the second interviewer we saw a more humble lance armstrong. particularly when he talked about the lowest point wch is stepping away from his career of service with the foundation. also, the tough times that his son spent defending his father. that's really the time that you saw him break which is when he tug ted hea-- tugged at the heartstrings of every person watching the interviewer. >> any time i see public confessions, part of me is what do we want to hear? he admits he lied. is there anything he can say that puts him back in the game either with the public or certainly in a sporting life? >> what we didn't hear from lance which everyone wants to hear is a continual apology. i'm sorry. you really didn't feel warm and fuzzy from his interviewer. in fact, you felt cold. he almost felt distant. it was as if he was doing -- >> the third person. >> exactly. everyone a favor by being here. the interviewer also was too long. he should have just gotten right to the point of what he needed to say and ended it. it was really drawn out. and he was ve
the second interviewer we saw a more humble lance armstrong. particularly when he talked about the lowest point wch is stepping away from his career of service with the foundation. also, the tough times that his son spent defending his father. that's really the time that you saw him break which is when he tug ted hea-- tugged at the heartstrings of every person watching the interviewer. >> any time i see public confessions, part of me is what do we want to hear? he admits he lied. is...
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. >>> also tonight, the lance armstrong saga. after years of denials, he finally admits to years of doping in tonight's interview with oprah. bob costas will be with us to talk about the fallout and all those armstrong attacked along the way. >>> and chelsea clinton reports on a life-changing love story that is now changing the lives of hundreds of girls. >> we can provide a safe place to protect these girls that make them feel special, makes them feel like they can get over things. >>> plus, the mother of all basement hobbies, one that has to be seen to be believed, that and more as "rock center" gets under way. >>> good evening and welcome to "rock center" tonight. we devote much of our broadcast to explosive accounts from former members of the church of scientology. for the first time on television, you will hear from the oscar winner whose break with the church got a lot of attention in hollywood where scientologists famously include people like tom cruise. you will also hear from lawrence wright whose controversial new book
. >>> also tonight, the lance armstrong saga. after years of denials, he finally admits to years of doping in tonight's interview with oprah. bob costas will be with us to talk about the fallout and all those armstrong attacked along the way. >>> and chelsea clinton reports on a life-changing love story that is now changing the lives of hundreds of girls. >> we can provide a safe place to protect these girls that make them feel special, makes them feel like they can get...
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a fearful lance armstrong. expect to hear lots of i'm sorries. many are saying, yeah, right. armstrong is just coming clean because he wants to qualify for competitions in the if you want the "l.a. times" dubbed it the tour de fraud. but oprah on cbs this morning defended the interview. >> i feel that he answered the questions in a way that he was ready. i didn't get all the questions asked, but i think the most important questions and the answers that people asht world have been waiting to hear were answered and certainly answered -- i can only say i was satisfied by the answer. >> oprah said in terms xf possess sur exposure, it is the biggest interview for lance ashe's ever. our talk back question, can lance armstrong redeem himself. >>> he's vowing to help stop gun violence in america even if he has to act on his own. but president obama's vow is angering at least one member of congress. he's threatening impeachment. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i fig
a fearful lance armstrong. expect to hear lots of i'm sorries. many are saying, yeah, right. armstrong is just coming clean because he wants to qualify for competitions in the if you want the "l.a. times" dubbed it the tour de fraud. but oprah on cbs this morning defended the interview. >> i feel that he answered the questions in a way that he was ready. i didn't get all the questions asked, but i think the most important questions and the answers that people asht world have...
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to most american, lance armstrong is cycling. so it's not about his records, like mark mcgwire relative to roger marist, or barry bonds relative to hank aaron. most americans don't really care about those people. lance armstrong was a bigger-than-life character. it's about him as a person. so he faces a different sort of uphill climb when it comes to rehabilitating his image, if that's even possible. it's clear that he cheated, even if everyone else was doing it, he doped and he cheated. he lied about it repeatedly and aggressively. and he damaged and defamed other people and did so aggressively and repeatedly over a long period of time when they dared to challenge him. and then the last thing is that many people will now say that he confesses only when he has run out of all other options. and this is the only course left to take. >> you touched on livestrong. this is hardly victimless. there is a charity that he himself set up. there's all his friends, teammates, everyone who's touched his life all these years. >> there are goin
to most american, lance armstrong is cycling. so it's not about his records, like mark mcgwire relative to roger marist, or barry bonds relative to hank aaron. most americans don't really care about those people. lance armstrong was a bigger-than-life character. it's about him as a person. so he faces a different sort of uphill climb when it comes to rehabilitating his image, if that's even possible. it's clear that he cheated, even if everyone else was doing it, he doped and he cheated. he...
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that gave us the opportunity to not only work with lance armstrong. but work with literally dozens and dozens and dozens of cancer survivors and people affected by cancer. onkologists, oncologist nurses. people who were good bike riders as we would go in this tour of hope. the crowds would come out to meet lance, but sometimes the last applauses were for the cancer survivors themselves. people challenging cancer and it was very, very moving to all of us. >> but the lance armstrong foundation has raised about $500 million to fight cancer, selling more than 80 million yellow wrist bands. can you say he has done a lot of good in the fight against cancer? >> there's no question that he's done just an awesome job raising cancer to the highest profiles, i believe. i think my concern in the gist of my article in the "washington post" from yesterday is at the end of the day, i think it comes down to integrity and if we lose faith in our institutions and our leadership, you know, i think that in this case, randi, the ends don't necessarily justify the means. i
that gave us the opportunity to not only work with lance armstrong. but work with literally dozens and dozens and dozens of cancer survivors and people affected by cancer. onkologists, oncologist nurses. people who were good bike riders as we would go in this tour of hope. the crowds would come out to meet lance, but sometimes the last applauses were for the cancer survivors themselves. people challenging cancer and it was very, very moving to all of us. >> but the lance armstrong...
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armstrong if he will rise again and lance armstrong simply said, i don't know. i don't know what's out there. >> ed lavandera in austin, texas, for us. we will see if, indeed, lance armstrong will rise again. thank you. this was an atypical week. another big sports story that had nothing to do with a game, nothing to do with competition. it's this manti todayo story and this fake girlfriend. he says he was duped and had no part in the hoax. he also says he has no real idea why he was targeted. we'll see what happens with that. let's go back to washington where randi kaye is at the national mall. hopefully it's starting to warm up now that the sun is up. 8:06 there in d.c. >> oh, yeah. sun's coming up. the sun is up. we have a nice, big heater about the size of a small car to my left over here. so that certainly helps. they're taking good care of us here on the set at cnn. even as washington prepares for president obama's inauguration, it's also vowing to do everything necessary to protect americans in a harrowing hostage crisis unfolding in algeria. dan rivers i
armstrong if he will rise again and lance armstrong simply said, i don't know. i don't know what's out there. >> ed lavandera in austin, texas, for us. we will see if, indeed, lance armstrong will rise again. thank you. this was an atypical week. another big sports story that had nothing to do with a game, nothing to do with competition. it's this manti todayo story and this fake girlfriend. he says he was duped and had no part in the hoax. he also says he has no real idea why he was...
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you wrote, "i was diluted to believe lance armstrong when he denied doping." that's what you're saying now. but what was it, when you wrote that article, so late, so many people were saying, maybe it's not true, why did you still believe him? >> i really thought he was a hero. to me, the premise i took was this. people were saying he was blood doping, he'd been blood doping throughout all the tour de frances that he won all seven of them. i'm sure that was true, but that sport was so rife with doping, so rife with cheating, so rife with the use of performance enhancers, i said, all right, if that's all they have, then he basically is equaling the playing field. he overcame cancer, which is an incredible story. he starts this foundation, livestrong, which is really, really doing great work on behalf of millions of cancer survivors. so, i -- you know, look, at the end of the day, it was my fault, but i do cringe when i see that cover. it's embarrassing, and i said, i believe in him, he's a hero, and just leave him alone. because it did seem like a witch hunt for
you wrote, "i was diluted to believe lance armstrong when he denied doping." that's what you're saying now. but what was it, when you wrote that article, so late, so many people were saying, maybe it's not true, why did you still believe him? >> i really thought he was a hero. to me, the premise i took was this. people were saying he was blood doping, he'd been blood doping throughout all the tour de frances that he won all seven of them. i'm sure that was true, but that sport...
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for lance armstrong i really doubt it. >> thanks to all of you. we appreciate it. >>> still to come, one american hostage dead in alger ya tonight, but some americans have escaped, and one of them talks to cnn. >>> plus, the president has made gun control a priority. but fewer than half of americans of actually approve of what he's doing. the blooirn, is then ra winning the gun debate. and the arctic tick director of the most famous ballet in the world has been attacked with acid. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after
for lance armstrong i really doubt it. >> thanks to all of you. we appreciate it. >>> still to come, one american hostage dead in alger ya tonight, but some americans have escaped, and one of them talks to cnn. >>> plus, the president has made gun control a priority. but fewer than half of americans of actually approve of what he's doing. the blooirn, is then ra winning the gun debate. and the arctic tick director of the most famous ballet in the world has been attacked...
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i say look at this arrogant prick. >> brian: that's lance armstrong on lance armstrong. it was unthinkable because for so many years, he used to scream at people and be accusational to those when said he's cheating. he would sue them. last night he said he did not win one single race without blood doping. also indicated upon further review that he thinks everybody is doing it. it doesn't go under the category of cheating if cheating gives you an advantage. if you look at the 17 of the last 33 winners, they all failed drug tests. so lance was able to rationalize, and i saw rick reilly from sports ill astronauted, now espn, who interviewed him so many times over the last few years and he said he won't even take lance's calls because he was going to bat for him and he was somebody who said, over and over again, i never cheated. and he just said that this last night was about him rationalizing. not really apologizing. so very little emotion. i only saw him emotional when he talked about his mom. >> steve: the good thing is, for all those people who said he's doping and he th
i say look at this arrogant prick. >> brian: that's lance armstrong on lance armstrong. it was unthinkable because for so many years, he used to scream at people and be accusational to those when said he's cheating. he would sue them. last night he said he did not win one single race without blood doping. also indicated upon further review that he thinks everybody is doing it. it doesn't go under the category of cheating if cheating gives you an advantage. if you look at the 17 of the...
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international olympic committee asked lance armstrong to return his medal from the 2000 games. sources tell fox that two americans have escaped the hostage matter and the oil field in algeria. we are told they are expected to arrive in london tonight. and on this day in 1950. thieves pulled off what became the biggest heist in american history at the time when they broke into the brinks armored car depot in boston. spent 18 months figuring out the alarm system and making copies of every seen. broke in wearing brinks uniforms and masks and got away with more than $2 million. they made a pack not to spend a single cent for six years when the statue of limitation the. it all fell apart when one of them threatened to snismt attempt on his life failed. investigators soon unraveled the case and to this day most of the money is still missing. the brinks bandits broke the bank 63 years ago today. that's this fox report on this thursday. i'm bill hemmer in for shepard smivment see you back here tomorrow. here is bill. the o'reilly factor is on. tonight. >> >> i never felt that way befor
international olympic committee asked lance armstrong to return his medal from the 2000 games. sources tell fox that two americans have escaped the hostage matter and the oil field in algeria. we are told they are expected to arrive in london tonight. and on this day in 1950. thieves pulled off what became the biggest heist in american history at the time when they broke into the brinks armored car depot in boston. spent 18 months figuring out the alarm system and making copies of every seen....
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what's doing with lance armstrong? >> i want to bring in pete rose, somebody who didn't tell the truth for years and years. i talked to him today. this is what he said about lance and resonates with manti. tell you why. have a listen. >> i did it the hard way. don't do it like me. what i mean by that is come clean as quickly as you possibly can. because one thing i know if he comes clean, it's going tyke a load off of his shoulders. once you do it, you say to yourself, why didn't i do that ten years or five years ago? but, you know t important thing as far as lance is concerned is he's doing it. >> it took 14 years or what have you. with manti, all the people are saying is that whatever the truth is, the sooner you come forward with what the truth is the better it is for him and for everyone involved. >> isn't that a moral point that brian -- the sooner you come forward, all right, your higher power will forgive you. at least that's what i believe. he'll forgive you. he'll forgive your sins. that's what we learned in y
what's doing with lance armstrong? >> i want to bring in pete rose, somebody who didn't tell the truth for years and years. i talked to him today. this is what he said about lance and resonates with manti. tell you why. have a listen. >> i did it the hard way. don't do it like me. what i mean by that is come clean as quickly as you possibly can. because one thing i know if he comes clean, it's going tyke a load off of his shoulders. once you do it, you say to yourself, why didn't i...
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very telling statement there from lance armstrong. jim gray joins me now, sports doctor and fox news contributor. and keith ablow, doctor and member of the fox medical team. what i'm particularly interested in right now is the larger culture of our society that we demand this. we demand people to breakthrough these barriers. we start with kid when they are very little, competing in sports, spending hours and hours every weekend competing in different things. how much of that contributes, do you think, dr. keith ablow let me start with you, to the culture that creates a lance armstrong that need to win-at-all-costs and te'o manti as well? >> i'd say very little. because in fact our culture is one that gives ribbons to kids when they don't win. if anything i believe -- martha: that only lasts nor a few years in grade school then it gets quite a bit more cut throat after that. >> i guess that is true. you know what we have to go back to grade school for this. the kind of thing that creates a lance armstrong, or a te'o manti for different
very telling statement there from lance armstrong. jim gray joins me now, sports doctor and fox news contributor. and keith ablow, doctor and member of the fox medical team. what i'm particularly interested in right now is the larger culture of our society that we demand this. we demand people to breakthrough these barriers. we start with kid when they are very little, competing in sports, spending hours and hours every weekend competing in different things. how much of that contributes, do you...
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live armstrong, lance armstrong i should say, livestrong, i get confused. reportedly lance confessed to doping during an interview with oprah winfrey. our panel discusses the potential fallout. >>> british airways employee was sent home from work because she wouldn't take off a cross she wears around her neck. a judge weighs in. the feel fallout on that just ahead. jon: european court ruling that a british airways, i'm sorry, that british airways discriminated against a devout christian employee. she sued the airline after she was sent home from work for refusing to remove a cruisesy fix she wears around her neck. amy kellogg has the story live from london. what happened, amy. >> reporter: the european court of human rights ruled she should be able to wear the cross. it is being cled a landmark ruling there has been a lot of debate across the continent and the hijab, the forms of muslim veil but there is first time there has been a controversy about christian religious symbols on a personal level at least. it has park ad great debate here in the u.k. about
live armstrong, lance armstrong i should say, livestrong, i get confused. reportedly lance confessed to doping during an interview with oprah winfrey. our panel discusses the potential fallout. >>> british airways employee was sent home from work because she wouldn't take off a cross she wears around her neck. a judge weighs in. the feel fallout on that just ahead. jon: european court ruling that a british airways, i'm sorry, that british airways discriminated against a devout...
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. >> bill: it almost parallels lance armstrong in a way. if the young man, again, 21 years old, is lying and he is the source of the fraud, that enters into all kinds of other areas because he is a big star and his commercial appeal being the object of sympathy, obviously rose. now, he wasn't in a position like armstrong was to take advantage of it monetarily. armstrong entered into contracts over fraud and is he in big trouble. but mr. at a owe mr. manti would be in trouble. >> his stock is plummeting right now. first round pick he may drop well down below that into the second round. we he may have to wait for a lot of these answers. there is is a teammate this afternoon has come out and said he played up this entire tragic story that they all knew this wasn't his girlfriend and he played this up to his all american side. so, if that's the case, and more teammates will come forward and others will come forward, this is really going to unravel. >> bill: all right. because you have to understand that the player te'o was in contention for the
. >> bill: it almost parallels lance armstrong in a way. if the young man, again, 21 years old, is lying and he is the source of the fraud, that enters into all kinds of other areas because he is a big star and his commercial appeal being the object of sympathy, obviously rose. now, he wasn't in a position like armstrong was to take advantage of it monetarily. armstrong entered into contracts over fraud and is he in big trouble. but mr. at a owe mr. manti would be in trouble. >> his...
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there's a new bike path named after lance armstrong. there's the store, you know, that he co-owns, but, you know, some people are questioning whether that bike path should be renamed. people are thinking differently about him given what they expect to happen tomorrow when he will admit after years of denying it that he did take part, carol, in doping. >> george howell reporting live from austin, texas, this morning. >>> tomorrow 3:00 eastern we'll have a half-hour special on why we cheat and we're not just focusing on lance armstrong. we'll take a look at everyone, alex rodriguez, barry bonds, everyone, or how about retired general david petraeus, why do we cheat? it's also going to be our "talk back" question so you can weigh in. keep that in mind for tomorrow for that half-hour special beginning at 3:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> and this just in to cnn, fourth quarter earnings in full swing on wall street and this week we're hearing from the big banks, goldman sachs and jpmorgan reporting higher earnings before today's opening bell. alis
there's a new bike path named after lance armstrong. there's the store, you know, that he co-owns, but, you know, some people are questioning whether that bike path should be renamed. people are thinking differently about him given what they expect to happen tomorrow when he will admit after years of denying it that he did take part, carol, in doping. >> george howell reporting live from austin, texas, this morning. >>> tomorrow 3:00 eastern we'll have a half-hour special on why...
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lance armstrong is finally done with what he calls the big lie. he admitted what many had suspected that he doped. in an interview with oprah winfrey armstrong said he started using performance-enhancing drugs in the 1990s and it would have been impossible to win seven tour de france championships any other way. with that more than a decade of lies and cover-ups was over, so was officially the once untouchable legend erika rear of lance armstrong. >> this story was so perfect for so long. you overcome the disease, you win the tour de france seven times, you have a happy marriages children. i mean it's just this mythic perfect story. >> yes. >> and it wasn't true. >> former cyclist confessed the oprah winfrey and the world in a tv interview to using performance-enhancing drugs for most of his career including seven consecutive tour de france. >> epos ks not a lot, transfusions and testosterone. >> did it feel wrong? >> at the time. >> mm-hmm. >> no. >> but he flatly denied forcing his teammates to dope along with him. >> there was never a direct or
lance armstrong is finally done with what he calls the big lie. he admitted what many had suspected that he doped. in an interview with oprah winfrey armstrong said he started using performance-enhancing drugs in the 1990s and it would have been impossible to win seven tour de france championships any other way. with that more than a decade of lies and cover-ups was over, so was officially the once untouchable legend erika rear of lance armstrong. >> this story was so perfect for so long....
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lance armstrong. >> i'm definitely going with lance armstrong. someone who made washington look good, both democrats and republicans if only by comparison to lance armstrong. i didn't. i didn't, oh, wait, yes, i did. >> susan, and all of the whip in new york, and good to see you all. thank you so much. >> that is a wrap of this "weekends with alex witt" edition and i'll see you back here tomorrow at 12:30 eastern after chuck todd's coverage of the private swearing in. we'll see you tomorrow. i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks. so i'm doing fine... but she's still going to give me a heart attack. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. shh! [ coughs ] shh! [ breathes deeply, wind blows ] this feels cool. [ male announcer ] halls. let the cool in. whathat needs refreshing?nd new year, and a room we can work with a new collec
lance armstrong. >> i'm definitely going with lance armstrong. someone who made washington look good, both democrats and republicans if only by comparison to lance armstrong. i didn't. i didn't, oh, wait, yes, i did. >> susan, and all of the whip in new york, and good to see you all. thank you so much. >> that is a wrap of this "weekends with alex witt" edition and i'll see you back here tomorrow at 12:30 eastern after chuck todd's coverage of the private swearing...
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lance armstrong speaking to oprah winfrey. he says he never ordered his teammates to use performance enhancing drugs while he was winning seven tour de france titles. >> and more than two dozen times he acknowledged lying repeatedly. abc's neal karlinsky has the details. >> reporter: even though we knew it was coming, hearing lance armstrong say it out loud was surreal. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: so why admit it now? he blamed the momentum of his own story. >> this is too late. it's too late for probably most people. and that's my fault. you know, i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: it is an admission all the more startling when you listen to that other lance armstrong. >> lance armstrong just confirmed his win. >> reporter: the icon w
lance armstrong speaking to oprah winfrey. he says he never ordered his teammates to use performance enhancing drugs while he was winning seven tour de france titles. >> and more than two dozen times he acknowledged lying repeatedly. abc's neal karlinsky has the details. >> reporter: even though we knew it was coming, hearing lance armstrong say it out loud was surreal. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you...
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what a san jose mother is saying about the elaborate hoax and lance armstrong confesses. one of the ways he justified his cheating... to himself. join us for cbs 5 eyewitness news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning. it's friday january 18th. i'm frank mallicoat. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. washington, mostly sunny, 38. mostly sunny in atlanta, 50. mostly sunny and breezy in st. louis, 48. mostly sunny, denver, 55. morning fog in seattle, 46 degrees. >>> a suspect is in custody for the beating of a subway rider in philadelphia. the attack on tuesday was caught on surveillance video. it shows the suspect throwing a woman onto the tracks. she managed to climb onto the platform suffering only minor injuries. >>> a new study from the american cancer society suggests mixed results in the nation's battle to beat cancer. while the overall death rate from the disease is declining, some forms of the disease are increasing. ines ferre reports. >> reporter: cindy underwent a lumpectomy and radiation after doctors discovering cancer
what a san jose mother is saying about the elaborate hoax and lance armstrong confesses. one of the ways he justified his cheating... to himself. join us for cbs 5 eyewitness news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning. it's friday january 18th. i'm frank mallicoat. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. washington, mostly sunny, 38. mostly sunny in atlanta, 50. mostly sunny and breezy in st. louis, 48. mostly sunny, denver, 55. morning fog in...
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lance armstrong finally fessed up. he told oprah finery winfrey t lied when he denied using performance enhancing drugs. the anti doping agency says nothing but a full confession will get them to reconsider his lifetime ban from competition. we are live in austin, texas, with more reaction. george, have you ties to the austin community. people down there felt betrayed and devastated by what armstrong has done. >> john, good morning, it is a mixed bag. i got to work in austin as a local news reporter, long before this story existed that armstrong co-owns here and i grew up here, i went to school here, it's my hometown. i remember what it was like watching lance armstrong come alone. he inspired people as an athlete and cancer survivor. for the city of austin, texas, he was a source of pride and inspiration. now, looking at it, you can't help but be disappointed. some people are angry about it. when you talk to people on the streets of austin, you get a sense that they haven't lost sight of the good things he has done th
lance armstrong finally fessed up. he told oprah finery winfrey t lied when he denied using performance enhancing drugs. the anti doping agency says nothing but a full confession will get them to reconsider his lifetime ban from competition. we are live in austin, texas, with more reaction. george, have you ties to the austin community. people down there felt betrayed and devastated by what armstrong has done. >> john, good morning, it is a mixed bag. i got to work in austin as a local...
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lance armstrong is a man with an estimated net worth of $125 million. so $75 million day is obviously -- means a lot to him. most of that comes from sponsors like nike. but the fortune could be wiped completely clean now that he's likely to be hit with a string of lawsuits. anything he says tonight, the question is could it make any kind of difference in the court of public opinion which is very relevant here. dana jacobson has interviewed lance armstrong, good to see body of you. let me start by asking each of you, anyone who wasn't watching you last night, you watched the first part of the interview. you were both -- you were not satisfied. i'm putting it nicely. you didn't think he did a good job. >> he wasn't contrite at all. he didn't -- he may have been trying to say i'm sorry. he didn't even come close to it in the way he acted and the way he acted toward people that he hurt. i don't know how he makes up for it tonight. i don't know how that's possible -- >> you don't think he could say something -- he's talking about his wife, his children -- >>
lance armstrong is a man with an estimated net worth of $125 million. so $75 million day is obviously -- means a lot to him. most of that comes from sponsors like nike. but the fortune could be wiped completely clean now that he's likely to be hit with a string of lawsuits. anything he says tonight, the question is could it make any kind of difference in the court of public opinion which is very relevant here. dana jacobson has interviewed lance armstrong, good to see body of you. let me start...